Starter quiz
- Identify the words containing the 'm' sound.
- map ✓
- swimming ✓
- zoo
- climb ✓
- ran
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- Identify the words containing the 'r' sound.
- brown ✓
- write ✓
- core
- carry ✓
- car
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- Identify the words containing the 'n' sound.
- win ✓
- sing
- spinning ✓
- hang
- knot ✓
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- Identify the words containing the 'n' sound.
- gnome ✓
- hang
- knit ✓
- summer
- noon ✓
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- Match the words to the spellings of the 'n' sound.
- dinner⇔nn ✓
- not⇔n ✓
- knit⇔kn ✓
- gnaw⇔gn ✓
- Match the words to the spellings of the 'm' sound.
- swimming⇔mm ✓
- map⇔m ✓
- lamb⇔mb ✓
Exit quiz
- Match the words to the spellings of the 'n' sound.
- sunny⇔nn ✓
- nut⇔n ✓
- know⇔kn ✓
- gnash⇔gn ✓
- Match the words to the spellings of the 'm' sound.
- summer⇔mm ✓
- must⇔m ✓
- thumb⇔mb ✓
- Match the words to the spellings of the 'r' sound.
- carry⇔rr ✓
- run⇔r ✓
- wrist⇔wr ✓
- Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'He clighmd the hill.'
- climd
- climed
- climbed ✓
- climbd
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- Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'She rote a letter.'
- roat
- wroat
- wrote ✓
- rote
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- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'Pirhapps it will rain today.'
- 'Perhaps' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The spelling 'mb' is often found at the end of a word, such as climb.
- The spelling 'kn' is usually found at the start of a word.
- The spelling 'gn' is usually found at the start or end of a word.
- The spelling 'wr' is usually found at the start of a word.
- How to spell the curriculum word: perhaps.
Common misconception
Children see words as unconnected and so don't see the link between 'write' and 'wrote'.
Explicitly show how the spelling of connected words is linked, such as 'know' and 'knowledge' and 'write and 'wrote'.
Keywords
Silent letter - a letter in a word that is not pronounced when the word is spoken
Phoneme - the smallest unit of sound that can change its meaning
Grapheme - the letter or group of letters that represent a sound
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